Strange bedfellows : how medical jurisprudence has influenced medical ethics and medical practice / Ben A. Rich.

New York ; London : Kluwer Academic/Plenum, [2001], ©2001.

xvii, 196 pages ; 26 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Medical ethics and medical jurisprudence: the conceptual landscape -- A historical perspective on the relationship between law and morality -- law and the physician-patient relationship: informed consent -- From autonomy to prospective autonomy: advance directives in bioethics, law and public policy -- Constitutional liberty and privacy: the Supreme Court and the physician-patient relationship -- The dance of intimacy: abortion, medical ethics and the constitution -- Death, dying and the responsibility of the ethical physician -- The new synergy - bioethics in court -- Lessons learned and prospects for the future of medical jurisprudence and bioethics.